Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): Tenemos que llegar temprano a la estación porque la salida del tren es a las ocho. - We have to arrive early at the station because the train’s departure is at eight.

Word

Tenemos que llegar temprano a la estación porque la salida del tren es a las ocho.

Meaning

We have to arrive early at the station because the train’s departure is at eight.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Breakdown of Tenemos que llegar temprano a la estación porque la salida del tren es a las ocho.

Why is there no nosotros at the beginning?

In Spanish, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Spanish usually leaves out nosotros unless the speaker wants extra emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

What does tenemos que mean exactly?

Tener que + infinitive is a very common structure meaning to have to do something.

So:

Even though tener by itself means to have, in tener que it expresses obligation or necessity.

Examples:

Why is llegar in the infinitive?